Press Release
Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream by Blackandgold Shanghai Receives the A' Design Award in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Blackandgold Shanghai for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream by Blackandgold Shanghai, designed for Nestle (China) Ltd., has been granted the A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream
Mr. Banana is a packaging design created for an ice cream product sold in China. The design returns a heritage brand to the market with a new visual identity based on rap music instead of rock music. A large pair of sunglasses is printed on each pack, so the product stands out inside crowded freezer cabinets. Nine sunglasses versions carry different phrases, allowing consumers to choose a pack that matches their personality or to collect all of them. The ice cream is wrapped in aluminum foil, and the outer box is made of eco-friendly paper with a gold stamped logo.
About Blackandgold Shanghai
Based in Paris, Shanghai and New York, we have been working for 30 years to develop strong brands, with high standards and passion. But also with a certain amount of hindsight and humility. With us, jargon is prohibited. Certainties too. It is this constantly renewed curiosity, this duty of candor and this desire to understand that drives the daily life of the agency, from our approach to trends to that of your briefs. In China, we work with big international and local clients.
Award Record
Blackandgold Shanghai is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/128449
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/128449
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!128449
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/310277
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream
- Function
- Ice Cream
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gold, Khaki, Goldenrod, Sandy Brown and Linen
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Nestle (China) Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Blackandgold Shanghai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #128449
Credits
- Team
- Yang LI, Yu KANG, Junjun SHENG, Lei ZHANG, Xincheng ZHUANG and Jianhui CHEN
- Image Credits
- All photos credits to blackandgold Shanghai, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In ice-cream fridges, most packaging present product shot to convey its flavor. Consumers purchase ice-cream based on their taste preference. To make a difference, we enlarged the ice-cream and made the sunglasses become a unique element in the fridge. The sunglasses create an interaction between consumers and packaging. Besides, consumers can hold it, take a selfie and upload to social media since social marketing is a big trend in China.
- Inspiration
- 20 years ago, Mr.Banana was born a Rockstar. After retreating from market for 10 years, Mr.Banana is coming back. In order to get closer to young consumers, we redefine Mr.Banana as a Rapstar inspired by the rising of Chinese Hip-Hop music shows. Young consumers don't want to be defined, to answer that, blackandgold provides 9 sunglasses with different copy to deliver different personalities. Consumers can choose the one that fit their personalities the most or collect all the packaging.
- Research
- After observing the shopping scenario, the team found out that ice-cream is placed disorderly in the fridge and the environment is dull. It is essential to have something attractive and memorable if Mr.Banana wants to jump out of the shelf. From consumer side, the team also learned that young consumers prefer Hip-Hop rather than Rock n Roll to express their individuality and attitude. So blackandgold went beyond the brief and create something closer to the youth.
- Challenge
- The main challenge is how to modernize a brand with heritage and make it match the trend today. Consumers like to share the product experience on social media, which leads to the idea of entrusting the packaging with the ability of creating social buzz, which is not often seen in ice-cream category
- Realization and Technology
- Aluminum Foil for ice-cream packaging. Eco-friendly paper for box with gold stamp for Nestle logo.
- Operation and Interaction
- The traditional ice-cream packaging communicates the taste. When consumers purchase ice-cream, their buying behavior is based on flavor preference. To stand out among competitors, Mr.Banana uses the packaging to convey different personalities to draw different consumers' attention, which can devote to the popularity on social media eventually.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Aug, 2020 and the product is launched in April, 2021.
- Specifications
- Ice-cream packaging: Width 218mm x Depth 10mm x Height 76mm Paper box: Width 40mm x Depth 60mm x Height 85mm
- Keywords
- Packaging, ice-cream, banana, China, interaction, social media
